UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF - UDC Law Review

Section 1: Bluebook Literacy
Section 1 Instructions: Below are twenty questions that test your general knowledge
about The Bluebook. These questions are intended both to test your understanding of the
structure of The Bluebook and to require you to apply selected rules. The questions are in
either multiple choice or fill-in-the-blank format. Enter your response to each question
below on the provided answer form.
1. You are a law clerk who has been instructed to
review a draft opinion for technical correctness.
What section of The Bluebook should you refer to
for rules about citations in court documents
2. You are drafting a student note for submission to
your school’s law review. What section of The
Bluebook should you refer to for rules about
citations in law review publications
3. You are a law review associate editor who is
unsure whether the italicized typeface should be
used for a case name that appears in a footnote
citation to an article you are editing. The citation
is a “full” (i.e., not a short form) citation. Which
rule should you refer to
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Answer Options
A.) Rule 2.1(c)
B.) Table 13
C.) The Whitepages
D.) Rule 4
E.) Rule 2.1(a)
F.) Rule 10.9
G.) Table 6
4. Is the italicized typeface the correct typeface for H.) Rule 10.2.2
this citation
I.) Rule 10.2.1(c)
5. You are a law review associate editor who, while
editing an article that has been submitted to the J.) The Index
law review, is confronted with a footnote citation
to “Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company v. K.) The Bluepages
Mottley, 211 U.S. 149 (1908).” You know that
some words in the case name should be abbreviated, _.) but Rule you 10.9, are not pg. sure
which ones. Which table should you refer to 107
6. Rewrite the citation with the appropriate abbreviations.
7. Later, in the text of the article, you find another reference to “Louisville &
Nashville Railroad Company v. Mottley.” You are not sure whether the
abbreviation rules that apply to case names in law review footnote
citations also apply to article text. Which rule should you refer to
8. Rewrite the case name with the appropriate abbreviations.
9. You are a law review associate editor. While reviewing an article that has
been submitted to the law review, you discover that the author has cited an